Chapter 117: Debut
The Wang family obviously attaches great importance to this banquet.
The five people who came to attend the banquet were all welcomed by the Wang family in special carriages.
These carriages are gorgeous and exquisite, and they are definitely carefully prepared.
Moreover, the time to arrive at the door of the Wang family is obviously calculated.
Zhou Heng arrived first, followed by Li Tonghe, Wan Hongyi, Si Ying, and Lu Xiuming.
This is based on the ranking of the martial arts competition, but the difference is not much.
The Wang family is a well-known wealthy family in Yuanhe Prefecture City, and the mansion is naturally quite magnificent, with a vermilion gate, stone lions guarding the house, and a seven-entry layout.
Compared with Zhou Heng's mansion in Huangtong Prefecture City, it is not much inferior.
After Zhou Heng and others arrived, the servants of the Wang family lined up at the gate to welcome them, and opened the gate and the side doors on both sides at the same time to show respect for the masters who came.
"Please enter the venue, five heroes!"
There were more than a hundred servants in two rows, forming a long road, and even a red carpet in the middle of them.
Such etiquette standards must be said to be done with all one's heart.
Many onlookers around cast envious eyes on Zhou Heng and others, especially Zhou Heng, who was the leader, and he was walking in the front.
However, Zhou Heng thought that the Wang family was very interesting.
The martial arts competition was essentially just a selfish activity held by the Wang family to explore the mystery of the wordless stele as much as possible.
From the restrictions, the winners of the martial arts competition were just "insight tools" of the Wang family.
It was just that for many people in the martial arts world, this might be their only chance to obtain advanced martial arts, so even if the restrictions were very harsh, most of them would be grateful to the Wang family in their hearts at the beginning.
Therefore, normally speaking, the Wang family had no need to use such high-standard etiquette to welcome them.
But the Wang family did it.
This was not only to build their reputation of being courteous to the wise, but also to avoid future troubles.
The people of the Wang family knew very well that restricting people from teaching the martial arts they had learned from the wordless stele was fine in the short term, after all, the time was short and there were not many people, but once the time was long and the number of people restricted increased, it would be a big worry.
If these restricted people united to deal with the Wang family, or created public opinion to try to get rid of the restrictions of those clauses, it would be a big blow to the Wang family.
But if the Wang family had a very good reputation, and always acted as a humble person, and always respected the comprehenders, then they would stand on the top of morality.
Anyone who wanted to get rid of the restrictive clauses set by the Wang family would be ungrateful, immoral, and repaying kindness with hatred!
This is the power of righteousness.
Obviously, the leader of the Wang family is very smart and can see the reality clearly.
Unlike some companies that Zhou Heng had seen on Earth, all kinds of clauses were harsh, and they were even too lazy to do superficial work, with ugly faces and unscrupulous.
In the short term, as long as there were benefits, people could still tolerate it, but over time, or if there was any turmoil, it would be inevitable that everyone would push the wall down.
"This Wang family may have a bright future, but I wonder who proposed this idea?" Zhou Heng thought to himself. He walked across the red carpet with a smile and was the first to step into the door of the Wang family.
"Of course, the Wang family must survive this disaster."
That ancient wordless stele has attracted the covetousness of many people.
But there is one question that puzzled Zhou Heng these two days.
This wordless stele has been placed in the Wang family for ten years. Why did no one care about it before, but now so many people come to grab it?
Has something changed?
...
The back hall of the main house of the Wang family.
Wang Xinyue is choosing the ring and jade pendant for the old man to wear for today's birthday banquet. She is the youngest girl in the direct line of the Wang family, only sixteen years old, and the great-great-granddaughter of the old man.
She is very beautiful and is deeply loved by the old man.
Every year at the birthday banquet, the old man will specially let her come to choose the accessories to wear. In the words of the old man, as long as Xinyue likes it, he likes it.
This old man is the son of the first generation of the head of the family three hundred years ago. He is now more than two hundred years old. He has only a few decades left to reach the limit of the sixth rank of martial arts. His mentality has almost entered old age. He is very fond of the younger generation in the family, especially the latest generation.
While choosing ornaments for the old man to wear, Wang Xinyue asked curiously: "Grandfather, I heard from my father that our family let others comprehend the wordless stele in order to interpret the mystery through a large number of martial arts as much as possible.
"If that's the case, why don't you spread the news and let more people participate in the martial arts competition? If there are more people, we can also get more martial arts.
"Now the news of our martial arts competition is only circulated in Yuanhe Prefecture, and at most spread to nearby Huangtong Prefecture and other places. Few people know about it."
"Hahaha, dear Xinyue, you and I have the same idea." The old man smiled, put on a ring, and said with a smile: "But this idea was rejected by your father. The spread of news about the martial arts competition is deliberately restricted.
"That kid has always been thoughtful. In order to ensure that the secret of the wordless monument will not be known by others through collecting a large amount of "comprehension of martial arts", our Wang family has formulated rules to restrict the teaching of comprehended people.
"With such restrictions, it is okay if there are few people. Once too many people are restricted, there will be big changes. If it is only in Yuanhe Mansion, the Wang family can still speak.
"But if you open up the scope, take the initiative to promote it, and allow more people to participate, you will definitely lose control and even suffer backlash. The gain outweighs the loss. Do you understand?"
"So that's it." Wang Xinyue nodded, seeming to understand, and said: "It's hard to guard one's mouth. In the future, more people will know about the martial arts competition."
"Hehe, dear Xinyue, you don't have to worry about this. It doesn't matter whether there will be another martial arts tournament." The old man put on his accessories, stood up, looked outside, and said with a smile: "Let's go to the front hall. Everyone should be here in the lobby."
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Outside the Wang family mansion.
He Mengqiu changed his appearance in disguise and became ordinary in appearance and temperament. He was wearing a green dress and a plain skirt, making him stand out from everyone.
Yun Xiu was beside her, also disguised by her. Her appearance was no longer stunning, her clothes were ordinary, and she looked like an ordinary girl.
"Master, is what you said before true?" Yun Xiu was a little worried and said, "There will really be a big change in the Wang family today? Will Brother Heng be in danger?"
"If he is not in danger, what are you doing here?" He Mengqiu said with a smile: "Once something unexpected happens, I will take you and leave this original Hefu City with him."
"So serious?" Yunxiu asked in surprise.
"Maybe it was just a small-scale battle, or maybe the entire original Hefu City was wiped out." He Mengqiu said seriously: "Last night, I felt some overseas immortals were distracted and came across the void."
"Loose Immortal?! Yunxiu's eyes suddenly widened. She heard He Mengqiu talk about such an existence. Its form of existence is completely different from that of normal warriors, but it is very powerful.
"First wait and see what happens." He Mengqiu said.
…
In the other direction outside the Wang family mansion.
This place is a crisscross of hutongs and deep alleys, and due to demolition and reconstruction over time, it has been abandoned for some time and there are few people around.
However, a lot of people gathered here today.
There are men and women.
more than ten.
The men were all wearing black and white coarse cloth, and they all looked ordinary, with pale complexions and gray eye circles. Their every move seemed to be sick, making them feel very uncomfortable.
But those women were all in their teens or twenties, with outstanding facial features and beautiful faces. They were all as delicate and graceful as flowers.
They are from the Emperor Wen Sect and the Honghua Palace.
Both groups were composed of a sixth-grade warrior leading a group of seventh-grade warriors.
The sixth-level martial artist of the Emperor of Plague Sect is named Xin Shou. He practices the fifth-level martial arts of the Emperor of Plague Sect, the "Black Death Plague Sutra", and has reached the seventh level. Every move contains extremely powerful disease energy, which can make people The man fell seriously ill and died.
This sixth-grade warrior from Honghua Palace is called Han Yuxiao. She looks like she is in her twenties and is as pretty as a girl, but she is actually nearly two hundred years old.
She lived in prostitution in her early years, and later went through many hardships before entering the Red Flower Palace.
Now Han Yuxiao has cultivated a secret sixth-grade martial art called "Red Pill Indulgence Kung Fu" to the ninth level. Her every move has boundless charm and can make people with weak willpower lose control of their passions on the spot and ejaculate to death.
"I have secretly arranged the disease energy and poison." Xin Shou looked at the Wang family mansion not far away and said in a deep voice: "As soon as the notification from Lu Xiuming and Si Ying arrives, we will rush in directly. You go and disperse people." Attention, let’s grab the Wordless Monument.”
"Okay." Han Yuxiao smiled sweetly, danced her white fingers, put her hand on Xin Shou's shoulder, and said with a smile: "If it can be done, I can do whatever you want tonight. My sisters, You can also reward these people you brought.”
All the women in the Red Flower Palace smiled at the right time, showing their infinite charm. The disciples of the Plague Emperor Sect swallowed their saliva, and some even had physical reactions.
"We'll talk about it later." Xin Shou said calmly, "Big things come first."
"Okay, okay, it's really boring" Han Yuxiao sighed and said, "However, the previous gentleman said that the Five Elements Sect was determined to win the wordless monument, but why has no trace of the Five Elements Sect been found until now?"
"Perhaps they are thinking that when the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind." Xin Shou sneered, "They will show up when we grab the wordless tablet."
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On the hills outside the original Hefu City.
Tian Qiang sat cross-legged on the ground with his mask in his arms. His pair of pupilless eyes emitted light, forming two light curtains in the void. Light and shadow appeared inside, and sounds came out.
One of them shows the situation in the Wang family mansion, and the other shows the situation of the Emperor Plague Sect, Honghua Palace and others.
Everything they talked about was reflected in these two light curtains.
Xuan Ge was still wearing a mask. He looked at the light screen from the side and frowned: "They all thought this was just a sixth-grade battle, at most involving a fifth-grade battle..."
"There is nothing wrong with limited knowledge and incomplete information." Tianqiang said lightly: "This is normal."
"Heavenly Spear, what on earth is that wordless tablet?" Xuan Ge looked at the handsome young man without pupils and wondered, "Why did you attract all the loose immortals from overseas?"
"Isn't it obvious enough that he is a loose immortal from the thirty-sixth level?" Tian Qiang said with a smile: "Even if you can't guess it, you will know it soon."
Xuan Ge was silent for a moment and said: "The Wang family banquet has already begun, and the Lord of the Five Emperors has not arrived yet. "
"There was an unusual movement in the Western Wasteland a few days ago. The Five Emperors' Inner Seat and Tianzhu's energy was mainly focused there, so they might not be able to arrive in time." Tianqiang sighed.
"Should we stop this banquet directly?" Xuan Ge said: "And tell Zhou Heng the details?"
"Then you and I will be killed by several fourth-grade masters hiding in the dark in an instant." Tianqiang shook his head and said lightly: "Let's wait and see. From our abilities, this is all we can do. Zhou Heng, you don't have to worry. He has a death talisman on him, so he can't die anyway."
"I'm still worried." Xuan Ge said in a deep voice: "I'll try again to see if I can contact other masters.
"This time even the thirty-sixth heaven's scattered immortals have appeared, but why don't the masters seem to be in a hurry? "
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Inside the Wang family mansion, the main hall.
This place is decorated magnificently, and exotic flowers and trees were specially brought in from other places for decoration. There are also various gems inlaid on the walls, dazzling and eye-catching.
The old man of the Wang family sat at the top, Wang Xinyue stood beside him, and the current head of the Wang family, Wang Xinyue's father, Wang Yuande, sat slightly lower.
In addition, all the people sitting here are the direct descendants of the Wang family, all of whom are important people in power.
Zhou Heng and the other five were arranged in the central seat, which is close to everything. Very close, especially the open space closest to the center of the banquet.
In this open space, a piece of something was covered with red cloth.
It should be the wordless stele.
Zhou Heng, Li Tonghe, Wan Hongyi, Si Ying, and Lu Xiuming sat down one after another. Wang Yuande stood up to express his gratitude and wished the old man a long life.
After some polite conversation, they finally got to the point.
Wang Yuande ordered people to remove the red cloth, and the true appearance of the wordless stele finally came into the eyes of Zhou Heng and others.
"Is this the wordless stele? "Zhou Heng frowned slightly when he saw this wordless stele.
This wordless stele is not a stone stele in the strict sense. It is ivory white in color, about five feet high, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. The sides and surface are very smooth, but there are traces of fractures on the top, which seems to be incomplete.
Its surface is covered with various irregular scratches, some straight and some curved, each different, but every scratch, if you look closely, makes people feel like they want to immerse themselves in it for comprehension.
It seems that these scratches contain endless mysteries.
Especially because Zhou Heng has a basic attribute bonus of +1 spirit, in his eyes, this wordless stele is like a huge treasure, which seems to contain the truth of the great way and the true meaning of the law, which makes him bear it. He couldn't help wanting to devote all his energy to comprehend.
At the same time, the piece of Qingxia God Scale he carried with him also trembled slightly, as if there was some inexplicable connection between it and the wordless monument.
As soon as the true appearance of the wordless monument appeared.
Si Ying and Lu Xiuming's eyes lit up, and they looked at the people around them without leaving a trace, ready to move.
Wan Hongyi glanced at Si Ying and Lu Xiuming, then turned his gaze to the wordless monument and pretended to comprehend it.
Only Li Tonghe seemed to really come to comprehend the wordless monument. His eyes were extremely serious, and he even looked at the wordless monument with a bit of worship, as if a believer had seen a god.
"What exactly is this wordless monument?" Zhou Heng looked at the wordless monument, suppressed the abnormal movement of the Qingxia God Snake Scale, and made a prompt decision to choose to use a reward he had received from opening a lucky bag on the wordless monument.
"Use the identification card! "
"Identification card: Used on people or things, it can identify their true information."
At this moment, Si Ying and Lu Xiuming seemed to have received some hints, suddenly overturned the banquet table beside them, and rushed to the wordless monument in the center of the hall.
Wan Hongyi followed closely behind.
Then, a thick smoke suddenly spread, and two rays of light rushed in directly from outside the Wang family mansion!
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